DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: WED 11/19 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1335z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.2 - - 41.9 - - 41.4 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 19 - - 6 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 514 - - 715 - - 320 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 919 - - 919 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 1403 - - 1604 - - 1209 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2040 - - 2294 - - 2071 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 89 - - 70 - - 18 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 3 - - 3 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 100 - - 109 - - 096 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 2 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 2 - - 1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 293 - - 415 - - 273 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1110 - - 1189 - - 936 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 149 - - 203 - - 74 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 1254 - - 1401 - - 1135 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 40.2 - - 41.9 - - 41.4 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 38.9 - - 40.2 - - 40.9 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 40.1 - - 41.9 - - 41.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 38.6 - - 39.9 - - 40.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 19 - - 6 - - 0 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 514 - - 715 - - 320 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 5 - - 5 - - 5 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 95926 36 314 28 316 42 304 95926 88986 30 324 31 316 34 315 88986 83598 27 321 30 310 33 321 83598 79105 26 310 30 305 29 321 79105 75204 25 315 26 302 27 316 75204 71722 27 314 24 309 21 308 71722 68548 25 301 22 307 19 306 68548 65615 25 298 24 302 19 302 65615 62892 28 293 30 295 22 296 62892 60248 30 283 30 286 28 292 60248 57474 33 279 38 279 33 281 57474 54586 34 281 42 273 38 282 54586 51840 50 268 57 268 61 276 51840 49382 53 269 60 268 63 269 49382 47176 55 275 68 266 70 273 47176 45172 67 273 66 267 77 271 45172 43342 72 272 73 272 82 270 43342 41657 79 272 83 272 85 268 41657 40090 88 269 89 268 84 265 40090 38626 96 267 86 264 85 266 38626 37254 94 264 77 265 91 267 37254 35934 79 265 77 271 91 265 35934 34597 75 271 83 274 83 264 34597 33213 84 274 84 266 73 266 33213 31781 85 274 81 259 77 262 31781 30282 74 276 76 257 77 258 30282 28701 58 269 71 259 70 257 28701 27040 60 263 68 274 61 260 27040 25300 59 267 64 271 57 265 25300 23486 46 258 63 270 45 269 23486 21602 39 246 47 275 41 266 21602 19641 35 249 38 269 36 261 19641 17597 30 249 35 267 38 257 17597 15503 25 252 29 267 40 262 15503 13481 21 246 25 264 31 265 13481 11642 14 252 22 265 26 274 11642 10008 7 258 15 251 21 272 10008 8560 4 248 14 233 15 261 8560 7283 2 203 11 227 10 242 7283 6159 5 131 10 210 9 223 6159 5177 6 130 8 174 5 203 5177 4323 8 147 4 135 7 160 4323 3574 9 138 4 129 6 144 3574 2904 9 134 4 126 6 136 2904 2313 7 127 4 122 6 130 2313 1820 6 117 3*116 5 118 1820 1443 4*104 3*112 5*102 1443 1183 3*101 3 108 4*097 1183 1026 3 100 3 107 3 096 1026 936 3 098 2 107 2 096 936 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography